{"id":28824,"date":"2012-02-21T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28824"},"modified":"2012-02-21T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T20:18:06","slug":"congresswoman-sticking-her-nose-in-the-business-of-military-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28824","title":{"rendered":"Congresswoman sticking her nose in the business of military justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marine_7002 sends us the story of one Marine’s exoneration is the hazing case that led to the suicide death of Lance Cpl. Harry Lew<\/a>. The Marine is Sgt. Benjamin Johns who apparently caught Lew sleeping while on guard duty in Afghanistan and made Lew dig a foxhole to keep him awake. According to Johns, Lew had been caught sleeping on guard duty 4 times in the past (Marine Corps Times<\/a> link);<\/p>\n

The night of April 2, Lew was assigned to watch duty. Johns talked to him beforehand about sleeping, because Lew had already dozed four times in the 10 days since he was assigned to the squad.<\/p>\n

Lew fell asleep again, despite assuring Johns he would stay awake.<\/p>\n

Capt. Jesse Schweig, the lead prosecutor on the case, argued that Johns ordered Lew to dig the foxhole out of anger. Schweig said Johns took Lew’s sleeping as a personal slight, and berated the lance corporal, contrasting Lew’s actions to the behavior of other Marines.<\/p>\n

“The implication is Lew is different \u2014 he is no longer a Marine,” Schweig said.<\/p>\n

Schweig argued Johns was so angry he didn’t want to wait for Lew to go through the military disciplinary process \u2014 called non-judicial punishment \u2014 for sleeping because it would take too long.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking as an experienced NCO; it’s called an “on-the-spot-correction”. NCOs do that every minute of every day the world over, in every country…it’s kind of their job. Not everything needs to go to the commander for an Article 15 or Captain’s Mast. It’s not hazing, the UCMJ allows NCOs the authority to make corrections like that.<\/p>\n

But, Lew’s aunt who happens to be a congresswoman, Judy Chu, D-CA, says the verdict, which the court arrived at by hearing the evidence and based on the jury’s experience (that’s why we’re tried by a jury of our peers), is “outrageous and a travesty of justice.”<\/p>\n

“The not guilty verdict in Sgt. John’s trial twists the knife even further into the wounds that were caused by Harry’s hazing death,” Chu said in a written statement. “This verdict shows that hazing in the military is not only accepted but in fact, imbedded very deeply into its culture, including the jury, which was comprised entirely of fellow Marines.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like I said, Johns was tried by a jury of his peers who understood the position in which the young sergeant found himself and he took corrective action, properly. The congresswoman should sit down and STFU, unless she wants me to start making comparisons between her and John Murtha who did pretty much the same thing in regards to the Haditha Marines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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